Dr Norman Swan

High profile physician, journalist and broadcaster

Multi-award winning broadcaster and journalist, Dr Norman Swan is the host of the Health Report, on ABC Radio National, presenter of Health Minutes on ABC NewsRadio and ABC Television's Catalyst. He is a health commentator, speaker and facilitator.

Dr Swan trained in medicine in Scotland and paediatrics in London and Sydney before joining the ABC. He has won many awards for his work including Australia’s top prize for journalism, the Gold Walkley.

He was the third person to be awarded the prestigious medal of the Australian Academy of Science and was given an honorary MD by the University of Sydney on its 150th anniversary.

Key Points

Medically qualified journalist Dr Norman Swan is a multi-award winning broadcaster and journalist, health commentator, speaker and facilitator.
He has an international reputation as the Australian correspondent for the Journal of the American Medical Association, the British Medical Journal and he consults for the World Health Organisation in Geneva.
He is best known as the multi award winning produce, presenter and journalist for the Health Report on ABC Radio National, Health Minutes on ABC NewsRadio, ABC Television's Catalyst and as co-host of Life Matters on ABC Radio National and reporter on Four Corners.
Norman Swan created, wrote and narrated a four part series on disease and civilisation, "Invisible Enemies" and also co-wrote and narrated "The Opposite Sex", a four part series for ABC Television.
Dr Norman Swan's career has been driven by his desire to keep the Australian public informed of health developments as they happen. He combines medical expertise with investigative reporting, clear analysis and the knowledge to report the latest research in health and medicine.